#national

And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#airplane #anthem #because #being #blocks

I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late night talk show. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#fast #go #hero #how #i

If a woman writes about family and about the connections between people and what it means to be alive in this day and time, it's called women's fiction. And if a man does it, it's nominated for a National Book Award. What - you can't have a heart and a penis? That doesn't make sense. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#alive #award #between #book #called

I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#court #criminal #desired #i #i believe

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#court #impartial #international #milosevic #proper

There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#america #court #criminal #get #hundreds

All over the world, the idea of creating an melange of international musics, it's a very healthy thing. ↗

— Robert Plant

#healthy #healthy thing #idea #international #musics

Bouncing a sitting president requires conscious action, a national decision to redirect the country's course. This cuts against the grain, and that's why incumbents have a natural advantage. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#advantage #against #bouncing #conscious #country

By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#already #banking #banking system #been #before

One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community - especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State, FBI, Homeland Security and the staff. ↗

— John Poindexter

#continue #counterterrorism #defense #department #elements